Tag: Judaism
Charlotte Knobloch: The woman whose opinion was important to Markus Söder – Bavaria
What the Munich honorary citizen and president of the Jewish community said has contributed to the prime minister preferring to leave his deputy Hubert Aiwanger in office. When Charlotte Knobloch…
Election divides Berlin’s Jewish community – politics
For a brief moment that Sunday, it looked as if the election would be quite normal. At ten o’clock in the morning the helpers in the sports hall of the…
Book premiere of Ulrich Chaussy’s biography of Arthur Eichengrün. – Munich
While researching the village of Obersalzberg, Hitler’s place of residence and second seat of government near Berchtesgaden, the author Ulrich Chaussy, who has received numerous awards for his investigative work…
A network for the guardians of Jewish life in Bavaria – Bavaria
In the early 1930s, around 35,000 Jews lived in Bavaria. Only a few hundred survived the Shoa. Today, the Jewish community in Bavaria again comprises around 19,000 Jews in 13…
The Jewish Museum Fürth commemorates Jakob Wassermann. – Munich
A gray wall, a plain table. A woman sits in front of an open book, her lips moving. To hear what she’s saying, you have to put on the headphones…
Deborah Feldman’s autobiographical essay “Jewish Fetish” – Culture
Deborah Feldman, author of “Unorthodox,” has written her third autobiographical book. “Judenfetisch” – this time in German. In it she reflects on why her dream of living in Berlin as…
Legacies from Jewish communities in Bavaria are being digitized – Bavaria
The fact that the former Minister of Education, Ludwig Spaenle (CSU), not only has nice and relaxing days is not least due to his current position as the State Government…
Dana Vowinckel: “Waters in the Ziplock”: But live here? – Culture
In “Waters in the Ziplock” Dana Vowinckel tells of the summer in which a Jewish family argues about whether it can be endured in Germany any longer. A harrowing, enchanting…
Favorites of the week: The lightness of gesture – culture
Exhibition: “Primitive Future” at the Aedes Gallery Some even fail to draw a house without lifting the pen. The Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has now managed to align his entire…
Why is Fabian Wolff pretending to be a Jew? – Culture
Let’s start with a joke: “My grandfather died in Auschwitz. He fell from the watchtower.” Granted, this isn’t that Jewish humor everyone raves about – but there’s no denying that…